[UK-CONTEST] 144MHz Trophy - lack of UK activity

[Stewart GM4AFF]

> It means that one must regularly beam inland to sweep these guys up.

John, we spend 98% of our VHF contesting time beaming that way up here!
Sadly most people down south don't. Your remark highlights this. Bear in
mind too, that most of these part-time ops are around 500kms from me, and
most are inaudible no matter what they or I do. Very few of them can hear me
if condx are as they were last weekend, or indeed any weekend. (Of course
they could find me (and other GMs, DX, etc) and I them, if they were on
KST...). I had many aborted QSOs at the weekend and on Tuesday night.

73
Stewart
GM4AFF






-----Original Message-----
From: John Lemay [mailto:john at carltonhouse.eclipse.co.uk] 
Sent: 08 September 2011 08:05
To: 'Stewart GM4AFF'; uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] 144MHz Trophy - lack of UK activity

I don't have access to our log at present, but from memory we had around 430
qsos in the 2m trophy last weekend. I'm told that more than 30% of these
were UK contacts. So they were there, if one is persistent. Probably a lot
of them were coming on for a short period and giving away a few points
before finding something else to do. It means that one must regularly beam
inland to sweep these guys up.

John G4ZTR (G0VHF/P)


-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Stewart GM4AFF
Sent: 07 September 2011 11:44
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 144MHz Trophy - lack of UK activity

UK activity in the 144MHz Trophy last weekend was very low. Yet activity
last night in the 144MHz UKAC was very high. So there are a large number of
people who are interested in 144MHz contesting.  I believe this is because a
lot of contesters are being sucked into operating or helping out with their
local club's SSB Field Day entry,  and therefore not taking part in the
144MHZ Trophy. This is evidenced by the lack of reports for the Trophy on
this list. It's a pity because the 144MHz Trophy is a major annual event,
with huge central Eu support. SSB Field Day seems to be gaining in
popularity, relatively speaking. One can do quite well in SSB Field Day with
relatively little effort, whereas a 144MHz Trophy entry requires
considerable effort for a serious portable entry, which is a shame when
there's less people to work every year.

I realise that there are clubs who combine both events. I don't have a
solution - just thinking out loud. It is true that the SSB Field Day event
is a better draw for clubs, and those who are new to the hobby. I just
happen to like the Trophy event and as my main Trophy customers are UK
stations, I'm losing out! It would be nice to run DL's all day on 2m, but
it's not going to happen in IO86!

 

73

Stewart

GM4AFF

 

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